Houston airport - concerned about connection time
On the flights I'm looking at, for my return home on Continental I can either fly to Cleveland, then sit at the airport for 2 and a half hours before my flight home OR I can get to the airport 2 and a half hours later than the 1st option, fly into Houston and my connection time is only 40 minues. What would you select? I'm worried that 40 minutes isn't enough time to make my connecting flight in Houston. I went to the airport's website and Continental is in four different terminals.
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1 :
Houston is Continental's hub airport and a pretty slick operation. Sure it's big but 40 minutes is adequate for a domestic transfer. They even have electric taxis to get you from one set of gates to another.
2 :
Honestly, it might seem weird, but I'd choose the 2 and a half hours. 40 minutes isn't very long and if your connection flight is in another terminal it takes time to get there. IAH is huge. If your departing flight is delayed even for a few minutes, that cuts into your connection time. The 'sit' time you mention in Cleveland probably won't really be that long, and sitting and waiting for a flight is better than being all bent out of shape about being late and running like a bat out of... you know where... to get to another terminal for another flight.
3 :
yeah, 40 minutes is fine; even if your gate is in the farthest terminal, they are all connected. But if the total time is the same....hmm....maybe you want to do Cleveland (way smaller airport than IAH).
4 :
40 minutes is short Here are some things to think before you select one 1-the plane that you are come in one is it big (737,DC-9,757) or is it small (CRJ,SF3,ERJ) 2- the plane that you are connecting to is it big or small (usually bigger planes park at terminals with other bigger planes and smaller ones do the small with other smaller ones) 3-are there other flights after your first incase there is a delay where you miss your flight 4-by the insurance (if you do get delayed and miss you flight the airline will have to find another way to get you home or put u in a hotel. Hope all this helped.
